Chelsea need to get rid of Matic to make room for the incoming Tiemoue Bakayoko, who’s set to arrive from Monaco, so United should’ve been able to get Matic for closer to the £21mil he arrived at Stamford Bridge for.

But what do we know? We’re not football managers.

We just miss the days when £40m would get you Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane, rather than half a Paul Pogba.

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